Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre is a peer-reviewed, international journal. 

 

The journal is published twice a year and aims to promote, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of engineering education.  The journal publishes a range of original articles on engineering education at the higher education level.

The journal is published in two media:  traditional printed form and a web-based e-journal.  The printed version of the journal is distributed freely to every engineering department in the UK and UK university libraries, and the e-journal is available freely online - thus providing a publication that is readily accessible to all engineering academics throughout the UK.

Submissions will be considered in the following categories:

  • Papers: These may be on any topic relevant to engineering education in higher education and may take the form of pedagogic research papers, case studies, critical reviews and evaluations; they may describe investigations of new methods and the results of action research; they may consider policy matters and the changing context of engineering education. They should be written for a readership consisting primarily of engineering lecturers, and most contributors will be from that community; but contributions would also be welcome from education developers, employers, policy-makers, schools, FE colleges and those involved in IT, library and careers guidance support.
  • Comment:  Provide scholarly responses to previously published articles from the journal.  Such articles should provide further data/information/opinion together with appropriate support for views expressed.

All papers must be relevant, topical, well-presented and supported by evidence and understanding of the literature.

Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the online version of the journal in the potential for use of video, audio, databases, images, animations and other electronic resources, subject to copyright limitations, that can be incorporated or provided as supporting appendices.


 

Section Policies

Comment

This provides scholarly responses to previously published articles from the journal.  Such articles should provide further data/information/opinion together with appropriate support for views expressed.

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Case study

Authors wishing to submit case studies of around 1,500 words are recommended to contact the editor with their ideas. Case studies should be underpinned by relevant literature and demonstrate some evaluation.

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

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Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

All materials submitted for publication are peer reviewed by the Editorial Board and Review Panel, representing a wide range of experience from the engineering community, both from the UK and internationally, and covering most disciplines of engineering.

Submissions will be accepted at any time.  In order to be considered for publication in the next issue, papers must be submitted by the deadline specified on the website. Upon receipt of a submission by the Engineering Subject Centre, the Editor will select a minimum of two reviewers.  A blind peer review process will be carried out and the Editor will collate responses in terms of whether or not the submission will be:

  • accepted as it is,
  • accepted with required minor or major revisions,
  • rejected with suggestions for improvements before potential re-submission or
  • rejected giving reasons for this decision,

and the recommendation, with comments, will be sent to the author. 

No contribution will be accepted which is currently under consideration by any other publication or which has been published elsewhere, unless it is expressly invited or agreed by the Editorial Board.

 

Publication Frequency

There will be two issues of the journal each year, one in spring/summer and one in autumn/winter.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Copyright and Agreements

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-ND) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) following publication in the journal.

It is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission to quote or reproduce material that has appeared in another publication. This includes both copyright and ownership rights, e.g. photographs, illustrations, trade literature and data (advice on obtaining copyright is available).  

Contributions are accepted on the strict understanding that the author is responsible for the accuracy of all the contents of the published material. The Editorial Board does not accept any liability for the accuracy of articles. The journal does not accept responsibility for mistakes, be they editorial or typographical, nor for consequences resulting from them.  Authors are asked to ensure that there are no libellous implications in their work. 

 

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board and Review Panel have international membership and cover the discipline spread and areas of engineering education expertise.

Editor: Professor John Davies, Coventry University

Editorial Assistants: Kate Collins, Naomi Dungworth and Jon Crannage, HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre

Editorial Board:
Dr Esat Alpay, Imperial College London
Professor Caroline Baillie,The University of Western Australia
Professor Jim Boyle, University of Strathclyde (Chair)
Professor Mike Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor George Brown, University of Nottingham (retired)
Dr Robin Clark, Aston University
Professor John Dickens, Director, HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre
Professor David Dowling, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Emeritus Professor Peter Goodhew, University of Liverpool
Dr Ian Grout, University of Limerick
Mr Bob Harris, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Günter Heitmann,Technische Universität Berlin (retired)
Professor Robin King, University of South Australia
Professor Johan Malmqvist, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Dr Daphne O’Doherty, Cardiff University
Ms Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, University of Sheffield
Dr Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Simon Steiner, HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre
Mr Tony Ward, University of York

 

Review Panel

The Engineering Subject Centre would like to thank the review panel for their input.

 

Print version

Designed by Rod Shaw and typeset by Kay Davey and Glenda McMahon, Loughborough University

Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre | ISSN 1750-0052